Inthe‘Alta‘,the high and upperoldtownofCoimbra and nearby the University are the cathedralsSé Velha and Sé Nova. First, a steep climb from the lower down townto reach the churches, buttheyare worth it. This time we have not visited Sé Velha but Sé Nova on the Largo do Feiria.

A beautiful cathedral in baroque style and built by the Jesuits around 1600. Gold plated wooden altars andchoir stalls surmounted replicas of old Italian masters. In the church on both sides beautifultile panels with Persian images. Left the sacristy you walk into a collection of relics that are used duringprocessions.